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Tris Imboden
Tris Imboden is credited on 354 releases across 117 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
354
Pressings credited
117
Albums
6
Decades active
282
In collections
Biography
Gregory Tristan "Tris" Imboden (born July 27, 1951) is an American rock and jazz drummer. As a performer, he has performed in studio sessions and toured with some of the most notable and highest-selling musicians of all time. He was the drummer for the multi-platinum band Chicago from 1990 to 2018. He is a multi-platinum selling artist. As an educator, he has been a drum clinician and author of tutorial materials. Some of Imboden's most notable work include recordings with Neil Diamond, Kenny Loggins, Firefall, Richard Marx, Steve Vai, Roger Daltrey, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Chicago, Anita Baker, Julio Iglesias and Stevie Wonder. As a full-time band member, Imboden's career has included Honk, the Kenny Loggins Band (including "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" featuring Michael Jackson, the six-time platinum Number One hit "Footloose", and "I'm Alright" from Caddyshack), and Chicago. His career with Chicago has seen the release of thirteen albums, several of them certified platinum.
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Credited work
354 releases · 117 albums · active 1972–2024
- Performance · 521
- Other credits · 60
Studios: Soundmixers, New York City · Eden Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Rumbo Recorders
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984

Chicago
1970

Passion And Warfare
1990

Brian Wilson
1988

High Adventure
1982

Keep The Fire
1979

Nightwatch
1978

Richard Marx
1987

St. Elmo's Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1985

Alive
1980

Fast Times At Ridgemont High • Music From The Motion Picture
1982

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Greatest Hits Of Kenny Loggins
1997

One More Story
1988

Vox Humana
1985

The Very Best Of: Only The Beginning
2003

Leap Of Faith
1991

Can't Wait To See The Movie
1987

The Secret Of My Success - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
1987

Airborne
1983

White Noise
1982

The Right Place
1981

Clouds Across The Sun
1980

The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits
2002

Break Of Dawn
1982
Frequent collaborators
- Chicago (2)
- Various
- Kenny Loggins
- Steve Vai
- Honk (2)
- Ian Matthews
- Jeff Berlin
- Jay Ferguson
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